Somewhat Sentimental
This piece has a rather strange background. It started off as an improvisation, a combination of harmony and melody, that slowly turned into the quite long start. Instruments in the beginning were computer/synth/midi keyboard, and the melody was played on electric guitar. It stayed in this form for quite a while, unwilling to move on. A synth solo middle part was added, and a return of the opening melody established the familiar A B A form. A short intro was added. But it was not right. The guitar was replaced by a cello, which was more cantabile, and clearly a step in the right direction. As a cadeau to two friends, who have played some of my music, I decided to create a classical church organ/ english horn version, with the possibility for the musicians to, within a fixed framework, improvise some of the melodic content. The solo part can be played by other instruments with comparable timbre
, and up to now, there are versions for cello and flugelhorn.
This excerpt is a live recording, from the first performance in Korsvejskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014. Christoph Neuerburg plays English Horn, and Niels Henrik Jessen plays the Organ.